A regional fund is organized by category 1 insured persons (excluding a person who is not required to pay premiums under Article 89, paragraph (1), Article 90, paragraph (1), or Article 90-3, paragraph (1), a person who is not required to pay premiums for part of the amount under Article 90-2, paragraphs (1) through (3), and an insured person of the farmers' pension; the same applies in the following paragraph and Article 127, paragraph (1)) who have their domicile within the district of the National Pension Fund.
An occupation-based fund is organized by category 1 insured persons who are engaged in the same kind of business or work within the district of the National Pension Fund.
A person prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs is referred to as a person having the status as a member.
前二項に規定する者は、加入員たる資格を有する者という。